Iyerekwa Ryerekeye Ninive
Imyaka ijana nyuma ya Yonasi, Ninive yagarutse ku bugome, maze Nahumu atangaza ko izagwa. Ku bantu bahahamuwe na Ashūru, iki gitabo si uguhōra ahubwo ni ihumure: Data wabo ni igihome.
1 1Ubutumwa bwerekeye Ninive. Igitabo cy'iyerekwa rya Nahumu w'i Elukoshi. 2Data wa twese arafuha kandi arahōra; Data wa twese arahōra kandi yuzuye uburakari. Data wa twese ahōra abamurwanya, kandi abikira abanzi be uburakari bwe. a a v2 Urukundo rwa Data wa twese rukubiyemo uburakari bukwiye ku bamugirira nabi abana be — umutima umwe utinda kurakara kandi wuje imbabazi (umur. 3) ukora ubutabera bukaze ku banyarugomo.
Atinda Kurakara, Afite Ububasha Bwinshi
3Data wa twese atinda kurakara kandi afite ububasha bwinshi, ariko ntazabura guhana umunyabyaha. Inzira ye iri muri serwakira no mu nkubi y'umuyaga, kandi ibicu ni umukungugu uri munsi y'ibirenge bye. 4Acyaha inyanja akayikamya; atuma imigezi yose ikama. Bashani na Karumeli biruma, n'indabyo za Libani zikarabirana. 5Imisozi irahinda imishyitsi imbere ye, n'udusozi dushonga. Isi irahinda imbere ye— isi n'abayituyemo bose. 6Ni nde ushobora guhagarara imbere y'umujinya we? Ni nde ushobora kwihanganira ubushyuhe bw'uburakari bwe? Uburakari bwe buseseka nk'umuriro, kandi ibitare biramenagurika imbere ye. 7Data wa twese ni mwiza, ni igihome ku munsi w'amakuba; azi abamuhungiraho. 8Ariko akoresheje umwuzure uhambaye azamaraho aho hantu hayo, kandi azakurikirana abanzi be mu mwijima. 9Ni iki mugambanira Data wa twese? Azabimaraho burundu; ibyago ntibizongera kuvuka ubwa kabiri. 10Kuko nubwo baba baboshye nk'amahwa kandi bejejwe n'ibyo banywa, bazakongorwa nk'ibikenyeri byumye. 11Muri we, Ninive, havuyemo uwagambaniye Data wa twese ibibi, umujyanama w'ubugome.
12Dore icyo Data wa twese avuga: Nubwo baba bakomeye kandi ari benshi, bazacibwe bazime. Nubwo narakubabaje, sinzongera kukubabaza. 13None ubu nzaca ingata ye iri ku ijosi ryawe, kandi nkure iminyururu iguhambiye.
14Data wa twese yategetse ibikwerekeye, wowe Ninive: izina ryawe ntirizagira abarikomokaho. Nzakuraho ishusho yabajwe n'ikigirwamana gishongeshejwe mu nzu y'imana zawe. Nzagutegurira imva, kuko uri igisuzuguro.
15Dore! Hariya ku misozi, ibirenge by'uzana inkuru nziza, utangaza amahoro! Izihiza iminsi mikuru yawe, Yuda; sohoza imihigo yawe. Kuko abagome batazongera kugutera; bacibwe burundu. b b v15 Pawulo yavuze uyu murongo yerekeza ku ntumwa zivugaga Yezu — “Mbega ukuntu ibirenge by'abavuga ubutumwa bwiza biteye neza!” (Rom 10:15). Inkuru nziza ya Nahumu y'amahoro nyuma yo gutsindwa kwa Ashūru ishushanya ubutumwa bwiza bw'amahoro buboneka muri Yezu.